From the president's perspective, the election-year timing of the debate over SOPA--and last month's protests that involved millions of prospective voters and tech firms that opposed the proposed law--could hardly be worse.
The Obama campaign had planned to continue a series of $38,500-per-plate Hollywood fundraisers... but after the White House raised some questions about SOPA on January 14, Hollywood's phalanx of lobbyists viewed it as tantamount to treason.
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The Heritage Foundation, which has in recent years supported expansions of copyright law but drew the line at SOPA, will now, through its advocacy arm, negatively score politicians' votes in favor of the bills. RedState.com, which went dark in last month's protests, has proposed funding "primary challenges against the incumbent sponsors of SOPA."
"Republicans are more naturally the party of skepticism about government," says Berin Szoka, head of the free-market think tank TechFreedom. "That's been their message on net neutrality and other Democrat-led efforts to regulate the Internet." Now, Szoka says, they're returning to their roots.
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The Obama campaign had planned to continue a series of $38,500-per-plate Hollywood fundraisers... but after the White House raised some questions about SOPA on January 14, Hollywood's phalanx of lobbyists viewed it as tantamount to treason.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-5...n-derailed-sopa-and-protect-ip/?tag=mncol;txt
The Heritage Foundation, which has in recent years supported expansions of copyright law but drew the line at SOPA, will now, through its advocacy arm, negatively score politicians' votes in favor of the bills. RedState.com, which went dark in last month's protests, has proposed funding "primary challenges against the incumbent sponsors of SOPA."
"Republicans are more naturally the party of skepticism about government," says Berin Szoka, head of the free-market think tank TechFreedom. "That's been their message on net neutrality and other Democrat-led efforts to regulate the Internet." Now, Szoka says, they're returning to their roots.
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